Iwate Ichinohe Tunnel
| Iwate Ichinohe Tunnel | ||||
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 Tunnel profile
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| Official name | 岩手 一 戸 ト ン ネ ル | |||
| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Tōhoku Shinkansen | |||
| length | 25.81 km | |||
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| North portal | 40 ° 14 ′ 18 " N , 141 ° 16 ′ 21" E | |||
| South portal | 40 ° 0 ′ 33 " N , 141 ° 14 ′ 49" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Iwate Ichinohe Tunnel ( Japanese 岩手 一 戸 ト ン ネ ル , Iwate Ichinohe tonneru ) is a railway tunnel in Iwate , Japan and is located on the route between Morioka and Hachinohe . The tunnel was built for the Tōhoku Shinkansen , a high-speed rail link between Tokyo and Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture . The only train currently using the tunnel is the Hayate - an express train between the two end stations.
It was completed in 2002 (breakthrough in 2000) and was then for a long time the longest land tunnel in the world. At 25,810 meters, it is still one of the longest tunnels in the world today , but was surpassed in 2005 on the same route by the Hakkōda tunnel , which measures around 26,500 meters.